Conference Day 1 · 26 Sep 2026 · Sat

3. Fetal Medicine

Coordinators: Dr Sudarshan S / Dr Shanthi Sairam / Dr Uma Ram

Time Program Speaker
07:30 – 08:00 Registration
08:00 – 08:10 WELCOME
08:10 – 08:50 Invited presentations
Session 1 — The First Trimester: Moving Forward in the AI Era Session Mentor: Dr Anita Kaul
09:00 – 09:15 Improving First trimester detection of neural tube defects – Collating the signs Dr Meenu Batra Parasuram
09:15 – 09:30 First trimester red flags – Choosing the ones for an "early target" Dr Gowrishankar Paramasivam
09:30 – 09:45 First trimester fetal cardiac evaluation – Mandate or optional? Dr Sathyalakshmi B
09:45 – 09:55 Audience Interaction
09:55 – 10:05 HOW TO: Assessing the Lateral Sulcus / WHAT IF: Abnormal Lateral Sulcus Dr Kevin Kiran Rambhia / Dr Anjana Krishnan
10:05 – 10:20 Limited dorsal myeloschisis – opportunity for optimising outcomes Dr Ponmozhi Ganesan
10:20 – 10:35 Demystifying Callosal Abnormalities – Challenges & Pitfalls Prof Laurent Salomon
10:35 – 10:50 Unexpected results in PND – How to handle Dr Shagun Aggarwal
10:50 – 11:00 Audience Interaction
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:40 HOW TO: Posterior echo complex / WHAT IF: Abnormal posterior echo complex Dr Soundarya N S / Dr Sai Lakshmi S
Session 2 — Decoding The Fetal Abdomen Session Mentor: Dr Indrani Suresh
11:40 – 11:55 The fetal umbilical vein – Off the beaten track Dr Jyoti Chaubal
11:55 – 12:10 Decoding fetal intra-abdominal extra-intestinal cysts Dr Hitanshu Bhatt
12:10 – 12:25 Fetal urinary bladder – Normal vs abnormal through the trimesters Dr Chinmayee Ratha
12:25 – 12:35 Audience Interaction
12:35 – 13:15 Honouring a legend — Prof R Krishnakumar: Reducing perinatal mortality in antenatally detected cardiac anomalies in a low resource setting – The Kerala Model
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
Session 3 — Fetal Therapy Session Mentor: Prof. Laurent Salomon
14:15 – 14:30 Atypical TTTS – Diagnosis and Management Dr Sudarshan S
14:30 – 14:45 Shunting vs Fetal cystoscopy for LUTO Dr Vivek Krishnan
14:45 – 15:00 Rh isoimmunisation – can we avoid/postpone transfusions? Dr Vandana Bansal
15:00 – 15:15 Twin Anemia Polycythemia sequence – Expectant management vs intervention Dr Bijoy Balakrishnan
15:15 – 15:40 Newer fetal therapies – looking to the future (Dr Manikandan Memorial Lecture) Prof. Laurent Salomon
15:40 – 15:55 Audience interaction
15:55 – 16:35 Round table – Fetal therapy: Case-based discussions Moderator: Dr Suresh S; Dr Prathima Radhakrishnan / Prof. Laurent Salomon / Dr Aparna Sharma / Dr Surabhi Nanda
16:35 – 16:50 Treating fetal heart block – A novel approach Dr Gayathri Vemavarapu
16:50 – 17:05 Mild ultrasound Findings – A fetal medicine specialist's nightmare Dr Preeti Tomar
17:05 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:15 THE GRAND SONOQUIZ Dr Suresh S